Leer en español October 8, 2024 – The Cyrus R. Vance Center for International Justice of the New York City Bar Association, alongside the Rule of Law Impact Lab at Stanford Law School, today issued a report documenting serious misconduct and abuse of power by Guatemala’s Public Prosecutor’s Office under its current leadership. The two organizations highlight the lack of an independent and impartial mechanism for holding the Attorney General accountable for misconduct and issue recommendations to the State of Guatemala for reform. The report, titled “Above the Law: The Public Prosecutor’s Office in Guatemala”, for the first time compiles... read more
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New Report on Guatemalan Public Prosecutor’s Office Calls for Actions to Prevent Abuse of Power, Ensure Accountability
Posted on October 8, 2024
Nuevo informe sobre el Ministerio Público de Guatemala pide acciones para prevenir el abuso de poder y garantizar la rendición de cuentas
Posted on October 8, 20248 de octubre de 2024 – El Vance Center, junto con el Rule of Law Impact Lab de la Facultad de Derecho de Stanford, publicaron hoy un informe que documenta graves faltas de conducta y abuso de poder por parte del Ministerio Público de Guatemala bajo su actual liderazgo. Las dos organizaciones destacan la falta de un mecanismo independiente e imparcial para responsabilizar a la oficina del Fiscal General por mala conducta y emitieron recomendaciones al Estado de Guatemala para su reforma. El informe, titulado “Por encima de la ley: El Ministerio Público en Guatemala”, recopila y analiza por primera... read more
Vance Center Joins Discussion on Judicial Appointments in Guatemala
Posted on September 18, 2024On September 10, Vance Center Associate Executive Director Jaime Chávez Alor participated in a conversation analyzing the ongoing process to appoint high court judges in Guatemala. read more
UN Working Group on Arbitrary Detention Calls for Release of Guatemalan Journalist José Rubén Zamora
Posted on July 1, 2024July 2, 2024 – The ongoing detention of Guatemalan investigative journalist José Rubén Zamora is arbitrary and violates international law and he should be released immediately, the United Nations Working Group on Arbitrary Detention said in a decision made public on Monday. Zamora, the founder and former editor of independent newspaper elPeriódico, has been detained since his arrest in July 2022 for alleged financial crimes. In June 2023, he was sentenced to six years in prison and a fine for alleged money laundering. The Vance Center and numerous other rights organizations have criticized the trial proceedings for multiple violations... read more
Vance Center Submits Amicus Brief to Guatemala’s Constitutional Court to Uphold Anti-Corruption Policies
Posted on September 3, 2025On September 3, 2025, the Cyrus R. Vance Center for International Justice of the New York City Bar Association along with a group of civil society organizations – Acción Ciudadana, Centro Internacional para Investigaciones en Derechos Humanos, Diálogos A.C., Asociación Consejo Nacional Empresarial, and Involúcrate Guatemala – filed an amicus curiae brief to the Constitutional Court of Guatemala for the Case Regarding Governmental Agreement Number 133/2024. The amicus brief argues that Guatemala’s Constitutional Court should issue a ruling declaring an earlier action of partial unconstitutionality without merit and upholding the constitutionality of the Agreement’s Article 9(d)(ii), which ensures greater transparency and... read more
El Vance Center presenta Amicus Curiae ante la Corte de Constitucionalidad de Guatemala para validar iniciativas legislativas contra la corrupción
Posted on September 3, 2025El 3 de septiembre de 2025, el Cyrus R. Vance Center for International Justice del Colegio de Abogados de la Ciudad de Nueva York, junto con un grupo de organizaciones de la sociedad civil —Asociación Centro Internacional para Investigaciones en Derechos Humanos, Acción Ciudadana, Diálogos A.C., Asociación Consejo Nacional Empresarial e Involúcrate Guatemala—, presentó un escrito amicus curiae ante la Corte de Constitucionalidad de la Republica de Guatemala para el caso relativo al Acuerdo Gubernativo Número 133/2024. El escrito amicus solicita que la Corte de Constitucionalidad de Guatemala dicte una resolución que declare sin lugar una acción anterior de inconstitucionalidad... read more